Ever since I had taken an AP course in high school, my confidence in my writing had been really high; it was difficult to understand the concept, and how to be critical of one’s work, but it really paid off. I’m not saying this to disregard this class of English 101, I’m simply saying that the foundation for great essay writing had already been placed. To me, this English 101 class was a strong course which clarified many points on which I was unsure of, in regards to specific papers. One prime example is the compare and contrast paper- this is a particular type of essay which I had struggled in many aspects.
No matter what the subject matter is, there is no such thing as a waste of time. I understand this is my personal philosophy and outlook on things, but consider it for a moment. One may feel like they were simply wasting time in a course that taught material that was commonplace knowledge or something that the individual had already known. However, in doing so, they do not realize that they may pick up something subtle, something that hadn’t been noticed before. This is a commonality between any skill: with practice comes a step closer to perfection, and repetitive exposure to knowledge that one had already attained only helps reinforce it to a greater extent.
It’s not something that comes overnight, and with English, there are varying levels of expertise. I had expressed already that I felt my skills in writing essays were already proficient to a certain extent. However, I do admit that I am not very confident in my responses to topics. This may seems strange, but when submitting essays, I always have a sense of confusion on what I have written. My confidence in my level of proficiency stems from the string of higher end grades that I had received on a majority of my papers for their content during my educational life time.
There were additional benefits from this course, other than reinforcing my skills in writing essays. I was never really adept at reading, and the extensive use of the text Music & Culture within the period of this course had forced me to learn how to extract critical information from the text. I have never been a very avid reader, in fact, I had strayed away from reading for a large portion of my life. This is obviously really bad, but through patience and determination for the better grade, I had applied it and attempted, with vigor, to do my best.
The last portion in which I wish to emphasize is time management. This is a growing crisis within young adults in my generation, as well as the coming generations. There’s no dodging the truth, I had procrastinated nearly this entire term, as I do with most things in my life. I do have the ability to turn assignments on time, however, the deal of stress I go through in order to achieve that end-goal is unnecessary to a larger extent. If time was managed properly, I would not be pulling hairs out one day, and enjoying the next. They say those who manage their time properly, are those who succeed. I definitely hope I can continue to work hard on this, in order to make things better for the future.
No matter what the subject matter is, there is no such thing as a waste of time. I understand this is my personal philosophy and outlook on things, but consider it for a moment. One may feel like they were simply wasting time in a course that taught material that was commonplace knowledge or something that the individual had already known. However, in doing so, they do not realize that they may pick up something subtle, something that hadn’t been noticed before. This is a commonality between any skill: with practice comes a step closer to perfection, and repetitive exposure to knowledge that one had already attained only helps reinforce it to a greater extent.
It’s not something that comes overnight, and with English, there are varying levels of expertise. I had expressed already that I felt my skills in writing essays were already proficient to a certain extent. However, I do admit that I am not very confident in my responses to topics. This may seems strange, but when submitting essays, I always have a sense of confusion on what I have written. My confidence in my level of proficiency stems from the string of higher end grades that I had received on a majority of my papers for their content during my educational life time.
There were additional benefits from this course, other than reinforcing my skills in writing essays. I was never really adept at reading, and the extensive use of the text Music & Culture within the period of this course had forced me to learn how to extract critical information from the text. I have never been a very avid reader, in fact, I had strayed away from reading for a large portion of my life. This is obviously really bad, but through patience and determination for the better grade, I had applied it and attempted, with vigor, to do my best.
The last portion in which I wish to emphasize is time management. This is a growing crisis within young adults in my generation, as well as the coming generations. There’s no dodging the truth, I had procrastinated nearly this entire term, as I do with most things in my life. I do have the ability to turn assignments on time, however, the deal of stress I go through in order to achieve that end-goal is unnecessary to a larger extent. If time was managed properly, I would not be pulling hairs out one day, and enjoying the next. They say those who manage their time properly, are those who succeed. I definitely hope I can continue to work hard on this, in order to make things better for the future.
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